MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas power grid is still placed under “yellow alert” status on Saturday because of high demand forecast and unavailability of Visayas’ large coal plants, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said. READ: CERA: Declare energy emergency in Cebu due to low power supply The alert status will be effective

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana actress and social media personality Ellen Adarna has discovered that when it comes to disciplining her son Elias, nothing gets the message across quite like speaking in Bisaya. During the second part of her guest appearance on Kuan On One with host Melai Cantiveros-Francisco, Adarna shared that she and actor John Lloyd

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A proposed ordinance seeking to limit passenger loading time of jeepneys to just one minute at designated loading and unloading areas could soon be up for discussion in the Cebu City Council, as lawmakers move to address traffic congestion in the city. The measure, authored by Councilor Sisinio “Bebs” Andales, forms

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical storm Mekkhala (international name) intensified slightly as it approached the eastern part of Southeastern Luzon but was still outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Saturday morning, the state weather bureau said.  In its 11 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Mekkhala was last

MANILA, Philippines — Environment officials have documented a rare instance of nursing behavior between an endangered large flying fox mother and her pup during a wildlife monitoring activity in Cotabato earlier this month. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-12 Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) of Matalam recorded the behavior during semestral

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Pia Cayetano on Saturday called on the Department of Energy (DOE) to ensure that any decline in global oil prices resulting from the recent US-Iran agreement is promptly reflected in local pump prices. “I am urging the Department of Energy to monitor this development closely and ensure that any decrease in

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — A rare and endemic plant species known as JC’s vine, a striking wild climber also called purple jade vine or dragon’s spine, was discovered during a recent two-week habitat monitoring activity at Mt. Hamut in Peñablanca, Cagayan. The JC’s vine (𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘻𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘪) is a critically endangered woody liana distinguished by dense

TACLOBAN CITY — More than 13,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Eastern Visayas have received over P30 million in financial assistance from the national government to help cushion the impact of rising fuel and production costs affecting the agriculture and fisheries sectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA)- 8  reported. The assistance was distributed from June 8